Monday, April 16, 2018

Case of the Week 490

This week's case is generously donated by Florida Fan. The following object was submitted to the laboratory for identification. It had been retrieved during colonoscopy from the cecum of a 40-year-old man.



Identification?

11 comments:

  1. Trichuris trichiura adult

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  2. Trichuris sp., and it is a female

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  3. Trichuris trichiura adult

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  4. Trichuris trichiura...'hide-in-cecum' :-P

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  5. I agree with my predecessors. But could it be Trichuris vulpis?
    Luis

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  6. Adult Trichuris. Retrieved from a human, so most likely T. trichiura. The first picture nicely shows why it is called the “whip worm”! Thanks Florida Fan!

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  7. Truchuris trichura adult female

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  8. it can be of the species trichiura or of the species vulpis since both can infect the human being

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  9. It is Trichuris trichiura adult worm

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